ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,270, issued on July 8, was assigned to MSD R&D (China) Co. Ltd. (Beijing), The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (Parkville, Australia) and Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC (Rahway, N.J.).

"Antimalarial agents" was invented by John A. McCauley (Maple Glen, Pa.), Alan F. Cowman (Melbourne, Australia), Manuel de Lera Ruiz (Perkasie, Pa.), Paola Favuzza (Melbourne, Australia), Zhuyan Guo (Scotch Plains, N.J.), Bin Hu (Shanghai), Michael J. Kelly III (Paoli, Pa.), Zhiyu Lei (Shanghai), David B. Olsen (Lansdale, Pa.), Brad Sleebs (Bundoora, Australia), Jennifer K. Thompson (Melbourne, Australia), Tony Triglia (Melbourne, Australia), Dongmei Zhan (Shanghai), Cailing Zhang (Shang...